The Pleasures of Hope, and Other Poems: From the Last London EdLeavitt, Trow, 1849 - 186 pages |
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... fair harbinger delight to pour Her blissful visions on thy pensive hour , No tear to blot thy memory's pictured page , No fears but such as fancy can assuage ; Though thy wild heart some hapless hour may miss The peaceful tenor of ...
... fair harbinger delight to pour Her blissful visions on thy pensive hour , No tear to blot thy memory's pictured page , No fears but such as fancy can assuage ; Though thy wild heart some hapless hour may miss The peaceful tenor of ...
Page 40
... fair of Greece . To faultless nature true , he stole a grace From every finer form and sweeter face ; And as he sojourn'd on the Ægean isles , Woo'd all their love , and treasured all their smiles , Then glow'd the tints , pure ...
... fair of Greece . To faultless nature true , he stole a grace From every finer form and sweeter face ; And as he sojourn'd on the Ægean isles , Woo'd all their love , and treasured all their smiles , Then glow'd the tints , pure ...
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... familiar tone , The kind fair friend , by nature mark'd his own ; And , in the waveless mirror of his mind , Views the fleet years of pleasure left behind . Since Anna's empire o'er his heart began ! Since first PLEASURES OF HOPE .
... familiar tone , The kind fair friend , by nature mark'd his own ; And , in the waveless mirror of his mind , Views the fleet years of pleasure left behind . Since Anna's empire o'er his heart began ! Since first PLEASURES OF HOPE .
Page 68
... fair ! Grace form'd her , and the soul of gladness play'd Once in the blue eyes of that mountain - maid : Her fingers witch'd the chords they pass'd along , And her lips seem'd to kiss the soul in song : Yet woo'd , and worshipp'd as ...
... fair ! Grace form'd her , and the soul of gladness play'd Once in the blue eyes of that mountain - maid : Her fingers witch'd the chords they pass'd along , And her lips seem'd to kiss the soul in song : Yet woo'd , and worshipp'd as ...
Page 71
... fair boy ! and grasp'd the clay . His fate moved e'en the common soldier's ruth- THEODRIC SUCcour'd him ; nor left the youth To vulgar hands , but brought him to his tent , And lent what aid a brother would have lent . Meanwhile , to ...
... fair boy ! and grasp'd the clay . His fate moved e'en the common soldier's ruth- THEODRIC SUCcour'd him ; nor left the youth To vulgar hands , but brought him to his tent , And lent what aid a brother would have lent . Meanwhile , to ...
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